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Yes! Death to 2008! Fucking shocking year full of death, emotional torment and trickery. One of the worst I've ever endured, especially considering I haven't been forced to live at home with my abusive brother for well over 18 months. Gives you an idea of just how horrid it was, anyway. At least our NYE party was mildly decent, except that we got drunk way too early and Sarah kept ineptly injuring me. She also spent much of the night hooking one of my mates up with her best friend which is, kinda sweet, but they just don't seem 100% right to me. That said, my gut instinct has led me wrong before. We saw the fireworks down by the river this time, after stupidly missing them completely last year because the building we were living in was blocking our view. Maybe that explains 2008 altogether?
Right! *cough*
"It is the year Two-thousand Nine..."
Sounds like a catchy number, much like 07 did and what do we have to look forward to? New Transformers movie, among various other interesting tidbits at the cinemena (Terminator 4, Toy Story 3, etc). Plenty of new opportunities to be had, seeing as I've be hitting half-a-century too.
First thing I'm going to be winding back is World of Warcraft too. No more than 2-3 hours a day, when available. As much as I want to work towards 80, gear and all that (especially after seeing the T8 mage set, oh baby *drool*), I've just really confessed to myself that it's gone from a casual playtime to an addiction. It's too much like my Diablo II days where I'm just running shit for gear on a daily basis or aiming for some other form of e-penis representation. I'm not going to have my life dictated by a company's desire to bestow me as a "Merrymaker" or "Explorer" or some trivial shit that doesn't matter. I won't however, be quitting entirely as I've always been a firm believer of everything in small doses. Cold turkey never fixes anything and I still do enjoy small sessions when I keep them relevant; that is, w/o turning them into gearpixel analysis 101.
While I could crap on about a resolution for the new year, I might try a new approach with the "goal" mentality instead. I'm gonna list a few things in my mind per month to work towards achieving as this will give me the direction I need to feel more accomplished, but the flexibility to be dynamic with the goals as the month rolls on. So, if I suddenly feel like writing a RPG setting for D&D (which I sorely miss playing as a DM), I can worm it in there w/o falling into the same moral trap of "Oh, but I have these to do!" I'm fucking 25 this year! if I'm going to game away my life so be it, but let's mix it up a bit! As the Gatekeeper says, "Variety is the spice of life!". Though that said, should I be taking advice from someone who resembles Darth Sidious?
Oh, my MRI has been set for my leg towards the end of the month, which couldn't come sooner as I've now been on crutches for over six weeks and the knee is not getting any better. Going on my past injuries, I should be done and dusted by now, so I'm either going to need surgery (*cry*) or maybe a fluid drain or something. It's distressing that I can't be as independent as I like to be, but I'm gonna try and be more optimistic. Don't really wanna take my angst out on others anymore, see.
Let's try this then... January goals!
- Complete study arrangement (semi-pointless seeing as we're moving in March, but hey, a photo to keep for motivation would be a mark of honour).
- Devote to playing a game other than World of Warcraft (as in, play for more than one hour once, and enjoy it; something linear even?).
- Finalize my job hunting plans (actually trying for a job w/ my injury is a little tricky in my eyes).
- Complete at least one finalized piece of digital artwork (may tweak this one depending on artistic temperament, have a finished sketch ready).
- Build a new Magic: The Gathering deck to play with new social circle (kinda like one o' those stories where you resurrect a dark god, hehe).
Today, though? I'm just gonna chill out completely. Was forced to work 12 out of the last 14 days, many extra hours on those (5:30 rise for 8 start three days in a row, argh!) and one of my two RDOs was Xmas. Not Boxing Day, Xmas. Save a Fusi! Say no to public holiday trade! ='(
Right! *cough*
"It is the year Two-thousand Nine..."
Sounds like a catchy number, much like 07 did and what do we have to look forward to? New Transformers movie, among various other interesting tidbits at the cinemena (Terminator 4, Toy Story 3, etc). Plenty of new opportunities to be had, seeing as I've be hitting half-a-century too.
First thing I'm going to be winding back is World of Warcraft too. No more than 2-3 hours a day, when available. As much as I want to work towards 80, gear and all that (especially after seeing the T8 mage set, oh baby *drool*), I've just really confessed to myself that it's gone from a casual playtime to an addiction. It's too much like my Diablo II days where I'm just running shit for gear on a daily basis or aiming for some other form of e-penis representation. I'm not going to have my life dictated by a company's desire to bestow me as a "Merrymaker" or "Explorer" or some trivial shit that doesn't matter. I won't however, be quitting entirely as I've always been a firm believer of everything in small doses. Cold turkey never fixes anything and I still do enjoy small sessions when I keep them relevant; that is, w/o turning them into gearpixel analysis 101.
While I could crap on about a resolution for the new year, I might try a new approach with the "goal" mentality instead. I'm gonna list a few things in my mind per month to work towards achieving as this will give me the direction I need to feel more accomplished, but the flexibility to be dynamic with the goals as the month rolls on. So, if I suddenly feel like writing a RPG setting for D&D (which I sorely miss playing as a DM), I can worm it in there w/o falling into the same moral trap of "Oh, but I have these to do!" I'm fucking 25 this year! if I'm going to game away my life so be it, but let's mix it up a bit! As the Gatekeeper says, "Variety is the spice of life!". Though that said, should I be taking advice from someone who resembles Darth Sidious?
Oh, my MRI has been set for my leg towards the end of the month, which couldn't come sooner as I've now been on crutches for over six weeks and the knee is not getting any better. Going on my past injuries, I should be done and dusted by now, so I'm either going to need surgery (*cry*) or maybe a fluid drain or something. It's distressing that I can't be as independent as I like to be, but I'm gonna try and be more optimistic. Don't really wanna take my angst out on others anymore, see.
Let's try this then... January goals!
- Complete study arrangement (semi-pointless seeing as we're moving in March, but hey, a photo to keep for motivation would be a mark of honour).
- Devote to playing a game other than World of Warcraft (as in, play for more than one hour once, and enjoy it; something linear even?).
- Finalize my job hunting plans (actually trying for a job w/ my injury is a little tricky in my eyes).
- Complete at least one finalized piece of digital artwork (may tweak this one depending on artistic temperament, have a finished sketch ready).
- Build a new Magic: The Gathering deck to play with new social circle (kinda like one o' those stories where you resurrect a dark god, hehe).
Today, though? I'm just gonna chill out completely. Was forced to work 12 out of the last 14 days, many extra hours on those (5:30 rise for 8 start three days in a row, argh!) and one of my two RDOs was Xmas. Not Boxing Day, Xmas. Save a Fusi! Say no to public holiday trade! ='(